At least according to The NME, who placed the former Smiths and current Modest Mouse guitarist at #15 on their 2008 "Cool List" -- V-Dubs' Ezra Koenig was #16, and neither is apparently as cool as Lil Wayne. I guess that's OK with me. Stereogum has the full list . They've also got the Rolling Stone top 100 singers (embarrassing) and the Pitchfork 500 (right artists, wrong songs; misguided re...
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!http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1330/1475729123_421a99361d.jpg?v=0!I went along to see legendary Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr accept an Honorary Patronage from Trinity College, Dublin. He followed in the footsteps of such other luminaries as Al Pacino, Desmond Tutu, Salman Rushdie,and, er, John McCain.!http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1133/1476582876_114afe1e5d.jpg?v=0!Johnny exa...
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Although his guitar style is legendary, I was never a fan of Johnny Marr's singing voice, especially when he was the lead singer with the Healers. That is until I found this very unique rendition of Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice It's All Right. It works for me. You can tell from his voice that Marr so connects with Dylan's words. I love the harmonica at the end. Maybe not the best but one of th...
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Neil Young at Bridge School Benefit Concert - 2008:10:26Photo by Johnny MarrEarlier this year, we lost a great Neil Young fan -- Johnny Marr. In the most recent issue of Broken Arrow Magazine (August 2009, #115), Editor Scott Sandie wrote a very deep heart felt obituary to the late Johnny -- truly one of the great unsung Neil fans -- who passed away so sadly at the age of 48. Scott brought
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The Daily Mail has a great photo session and interview with Johnny Marr: The biggest misconception about me is that I'm a bit of a lad. That all started with the Smiths. Morrissey was meant to be all about...
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I sometimes obsess over bands. Two of my heaviest obsessions were focused on The Smiths and Wilco. So, if I had been in the audience when Johnny Marr joined the members of Wilco, Liam Finn, and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and...
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Johnny Marr reveals the five singles featuring his own work that he would put in his own jukebox...if he owned a jukebox...which he doesn't.
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Video: Johnny Marr Pierces The Cribs' Ryan Jarman's Ear "The Cribs Johnny Marr Pierces Ryan Jarmans Ear, whilst in the studio recording their new album set for release later this year." Ew. The Cribs: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki Via NME....
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6 songs featuring Johnny Marr, Modest Mouse, Sinéad O'Connor, The Smiths...
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